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Sarah
Turner and Judy Busby pose for a picture before the
dedication ceremonies at Busby-Turner Park in
Lincoln on Monday evening. The small park on
Sangamon Street was officially dedicated to the late
aldermen Orville "Buzz" Busby and Nathan Turner. A
good crowd showed up for the dedication including
Sarah and Judy and several of their family and
friends. LDN will have more coverage from this event
in our Wednesday edition.

A
still image from video taken by a U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean
Sentry aircraft shows the oil tanker United Kalavyrta (also
known as the United Kalavrvta), which is carrying a cargo of
Kurdish crude oil, approaching Galveston, Texas July 25, 2014.
REUTERS/US Coast Guard/handout via Reuters

A
woman carries her child as she wades through floodwaters at a
flooded village in Gaibandha July 4, 2012. A new fund aims to
help disaster-prone regions such as Bangladesh cope with natural
disasters so they can get their lives and economies back on
track more quickly and effectively. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

Kolton
Bangert, 18, a senior at Bluffs High School, graduated
from Army National Guard Basic Training Aug. 8 at Fort
Leonard Wood in Missouri.

He is the son of Beth Bangert of Lincoln and Derrick and
Sommer Bangert of Bluffs, Illinois. He is the brother of
Dalton Bangert of Bluffs.
Grandparents are Phillip and Becky Gehlbach of Lincoln
and Chris Bangert of Bluffs and Daryl Bangert of
Jacksonville.

Bangert plans to finish high school and then go for
Advanced Individual Training in June 2015.

Photo and text
provided by Beth Bangert (Click on image for larger version.)

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LDN - Entertainment

Comic
book creator and executive producer Stan Lee poses on a
motorcycle at the world premiere of the film "Marvel's The
Avengers" in Hollywood, California, in this April 11, 2012,
file photo.

Soldiers from the
Liberian army monitor a border checkpoint as part of
Operation White Shield to control the Ebola outbreak, at an
entrance to Bomi County in northwestern Liberia August 11,
2014. REUTERS/Sabrina Karim

A box of Heinz AD
Calcium Hi-Protein Cereal, which is part of a batch of the
cereal not affected by a recent recall, is pictured at a
supermarket in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province August 18, 2014.
REUTERS/Stringer

William Nylander poses for a photo with team officials after
being selected as the number eight overall pick to the Toronto
Maple Leafs in the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft at Wells
Fargo Center. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Tiger Woods of the United States catches a golf ball while
warming up on the practice range at the 2014 PGA Championship at
Valhalla Golf Course in Louisville, Kentucky August 6, 2014.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Aron Johannsson (9) of the U.S. is congratulated by teammate
Matt Besler (5) after scoring a goal against Azerbaijan during
an international friendly soccer match in San Francisco,
California May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen Lam